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Final Girl (film)

Final Girl (film): 2015 American thriller, Tyler Shields's directorial debut, starring Abigail Breslin as Veronica, an assassin-in-training hunted by boys who kill girls for sport; R-rated, 90 minutes, 23% Tomatometer; distinct from the 2015 comedy The Final Girls.

Final Interview (최종면접)

Final Interview (최종면접) is a 2026 South Korean mystery film directed by Kim Jung-hoon, adapted from Akinari Asakura's novel, in which six job applicants vote to pick one hire among themselves; released November 4, 2026 by NEW.

Final parsec problem

The final parsec problem is the theoretical difficulty of merging a supermassive black hole binary from a separation of about one parsec down to gravitational-wave-driven scales.

Final Score (2018 film)

Final Score (2018) is a British-American action thriller directed by Scott Mann, starring Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, and Ray Stevenson, filmed in West Ham's Boleyn Ground before demolition; 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Final Solution

The Final Solution (Endlösung der Judenfrage) was the Nazi plan, 1941–1945, to systematically murder all European Jews, the last stage of the Holocaust, planned at the 1942 Wannsee Conference and killing six million.

Final Space

Final Space is an American adult animated space opera comedy-drama created by Olan Rogers and David Sacks for TBS, airing 2018–2021 in three seasons (36 episodes) about astronaut Gary and the alien Mooncake; it was removed from streaming in 2022 and continued as a graphic novel.

Final Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト 完結編)

Final Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト 完結編, Uchū Senkan Yamato: Kanketsu-hen) is the 1983 Toei-distributed anime film concluding the original Space Battleship Yamato saga: Kodai's Yamato fights the Dinguil Empire as planet Aquarius threatens to flood Earth, with a 150-minute 35mm cut and a 163-minute 70mm version.

Finale (The Office)

"Finale" is the two-part series finale of the American sitcom The Office, episodes 24-25 of season 9 (200th-201st overall), aired May 16, 2013 on NBC. Written by Greg Daniels and directed by Ken Kwapis, it features Dwight and Angela's wedding, a documentary reunion panel, and Steve Carell's secret return as Michael Scott.

Finally Over It

Finally Over It is Summer Walker's third studio album (LVRN/Interscope, November 14, 2025), closing the Over It trilogy after Over It (2019) and Still Over It (2021); an 18-track double album, For Better and For Worse, debuting at number 2 on the Billboard 200.

Finally Rich

Finally Rich is the 2012 debut studio album by Chicago rapper Chief Keef, released December 18, 2012, on Glory Boyz Entertainment/Interscope Records, with singles including "Love Sosa" and "I Don't Like."

Finance

Finance is an applied offshoot of economics that values assets by discounting expected future cash flows, spanning public, corporate, and personal finance and investments.

Finance Commission

The Finance Commission of India is a constitutional body appointed every five years under Article 280 to recommend sharing of tax revenue between the Union and states.

Finance lease

Finance lease: also called full payout lease or, formerly in US GAAP, capital lease. A lease transferring substantially all ownership risks and rewards to the lessee; economically a loan secured on the asset, capitalized with amortization plus interest expense.

Finances of the British royal family

The finances of the British royal family draw on three streams: the Sovereign Grant, set from Crown Estate profits, and the private Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall.

Finances of the Islamic State

The finances of the Islamic State (ISIS, also called ISIL or Da'esh) cover the group's revenue, financial administration, and spending during its caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

Financial accounting

Financial accounting, also called financial accountancy, is the branch of accounting that records a firm's transactions and reports them in financial statements for external users like investors and lenders.

Financial Action Task Force

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established by the G7 in 1989 to set standards against money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.

Financial adviser

A financial adviser is a professional who advises clients on investments and broader money decisions such as retirement, insurance, tax, and estate planning, sometimes owing a legal fiduciary duty.

Financial analyst

A financial analyst, also known as a securities, equities, or stock analyst, evaluates financial data, builds models, and prepares reports and recommendations that guide investment or business decisions.

Financial and social rankings of sovereign states in Europe

Financial and social rankings of European sovereign states: GDP and GDP per capita in nominal and PPS/PPP terms from Eurostat, OECD, and IMF, plus life satisfaction and well-being measures.

Financial asset

A financial asset is an asset whose value comes from a contractual claim, such as cash, equity, or debt, distinct from real assets like land or commodities.

Financial audit

A financial audit, also called an external audit, is an independent examination of financial statements resulting in an opinion on whether they comply with the reporting framework.

Financial centre

A financial center is a city where financial firms and transactions concentrate, serving customers far beyond its own economy, such as New York and London.

Financial Conduct Authority

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the United Kingdom's conduct regulator for financial services firms and markets, created in 2013 as successor to the Financial Services Authority.

Financial contagion

Financial contagion is the spread of financial distress from one bank, market, or country to others, through direct links, fire sales, and information spillovers, as in the 1997 Asian crisis.

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, is a bureau of the United States Treasury that administers the Bank Secrecy Act and serves as the nation's financial intelligence unit.

Financial crisis

A financial crisis, or monetary crisis, is a disruption in financial markets involving bank distress or sharp asset-price reversals; the IMF recorded 164 systemic banking crises between 1970 and 2025.

Financial development

Financial development is how well a financial system performs on depth, access, efficiency, and stability for institutions and markets, and economists link it to faster long-run economic growth.

Financial distress

Financial distress is a company's inability to generate sufficient revenue to meet its expenses, distinct from insolvency, with costs estimated at about 10% of firm value.

Financial District, Manhattan

The Financial District (FiDi) is Lower Manhattan's neighborhood at the southern tip, home of Wall Street and the NYSE, once a 9-to-5 office core now reshaped by office-to-residential conversions, dense transit at Fulton Street, and major flood-resilience planning after Hurricane Sandy.